we'll be right back after this. ♪ easy street easy street >>> a california woman beat the odds big time and did it more than once. she won 23 million bucks in the lottery five months ago and never knew it. >> and then with the deadline approaching, lottery officials published her photo, and she lucked out one more time. abc's nick watt has the amazing details. >> reporter: this is michael's liquor store in palmdale, california, where the mystery winner bought her ticket. a $23 million winner, but the months passed, and she just didn't come forward. lottery officials released security camera footage from michael's in the hope that somebody would recognize her. >> yeah. so i remember the lady walked in. she bought a bottle of water. she purchased it, and she walked out. as soon as she headed to the door, her mom yelled to her, she was like, "just buy a lotto ticket." >> reporter: a 1 dollar ticket. she bought only one, but time was running out to claim. now, the winner just told lottery officials that her daughter recognized her on the tv this morning. she then ran to her car, searched fo